During the year ended 30 June 2020, Emily Ltd spent $300,000 on the development of a new range of garden machinery. In order to carry out this work, Emily purchases some highly specialized equipment, on 1 July 2019 at a cost of $100,000. The equipment is expected to have a useful life of five years and is to be depreciated over that period by the straight-line method. At 1 July 2019, all six criteria to capitalise development costs were fully safisified. Required: According to HKAS 38 ‘Intangible Assets’, what is the maximum amount that Emily can carry forward as development costs as at 30 June 2020?   A. $300,000   B. $320,000   C. $100,000   D. $400,000

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During the year ended 30 June 2020, Emily Ltd spent $300,000 on the development of a new range of garden machinery. In order to carry out this work, Emily purchases some highly specialized equipment, on 1 July 2019 at a cost of $100,000. The equipment is expected to have a useful life of five years and is to be depreciated over that period by the straight-line method. At 1 July 2019, all six criteria to capitalise development costs were fully safisified.

Required: According to HKAS 38 ‘Intangible Assets’, what is the maximum amount that Emily can carry forward as development costs as at 30 June 2020?

  A.

$300,000

  B.

$320,000

  C.

$100,000

  D.

$400,000

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